Early voting in city, school board races begins today

Published 7:00 pm, Sunday, April 26, 2009

Voters in the Katy school district and the city of Katy can cast their ballots in several races for the next few weeks.

Early voting begins today and runs through May 5. Polls are open from 7 am. to 6 p.m. for the Katy school district race.

Two seats are up for grabs on the school board. Ross Raymond faces in incumbent Robert Shaw for the position 6 seat; Neal Howard and Stacy Edwards-Tomdio are vying for the position 7 seat left vacant after Tom La decided not to run for re-election.

Voters can vote at any of the following locations:

Katy ISD Education Support Complex

6301 S. Stadium Ln.

Maurice Wolfe Elem.

502 Addicks-Howell

Taylor High School

20700 Kingsland Blvd.

Cinco Ranch High School

23440 Cinco Ranch Blvd.

Katy High School

6331 Highway Blvd.

Mayde Creek High School

19202 Groschke Road

Seven Lakes High School

9251 S. Fry Road

In the city of Katy, residents will decide one contested city council race and two charter amendments.

Incumbent Fabol Hughes and former councilman Steven Pierson are running for the Ward B seat.

The first charter amendments would remove the language requiring the city attorney to be a resident of the city.

The second would remove the word “volunteer” from the name of the Katy Fire Department and remove references to “Katy Volunteer Fire Department.”

Residents can cast ballots from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 27 through May 1 and May 4 through , May 5 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the city secretary’s office at the Katy Municipal Complex, 910 Ave. C.